Hello Rabbi,
I drove neighbors to a wedding outside the city. Because we arrived late, I stopped to pray Mincha for fifteen minutes. I asked one neighbor whether he would wait in the car, and he said he would. I specifically asked whether I could rely on him to watch the car so that I would not receive a parking ticket, or whether I should look for parking, and he said he would guard it. I left him the key, but he went out to buy something and found a ticket on the car when he returned.
Who must pay the ticket?
Thank you.
Hello and blessings,
The ticket was issued to the car’s owner. The question is whether the neighbor who accepted responsibility for guarding the car can be required to reimburse the owner for the ticket imposed because of his negligence.
In practice, it is difficult to compel him to pay, because the damage did not occur to the car itself, which he accepted to guard; rather, the parking ticket is an indirect loss suffered by the owner.
Moreover, there appears to be an exemption under the rule of “its owner was with him,” since the car owner had taken the neighbor who became the guardian along with him at the time the neighbor accepted responsibility for the car.
Of course, a binding decision in monetary law cannot be given without hearing both parties, but as general halachic guidance rather than a ruling, this is how the matter appears.
I would add that since you are neighbors, it is proper to resolve the issue amicably without turning the ticket into a dispute. Good neighborly relations are worth more than an argument over a parking fine.
Good tidings,
Rabbi David Ohayon
This response was translated automatically from Hebrew and has not yet been reviewed by a person. It may therefore contain inaccuracies and should not be considered a definitive reference.
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